Social network football/soccer team starting XI
March 17th, 2008 by Andy Merchant
Here’s the Liberate Media football/soccer starting XI of social networks. We’ve selected a manager from a strong social network background to guide our team of stars to success.
We have gone for a 4-4-2 formation with a strong spine to the team, and we’re always on the lookout for new talent to strengthen our team. So let us know if you have any transfer suggestions.
1.Goalkeeper, MySpace
The social networking site was created in the autumn of 2003 by Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe (CEO), its membership of mostly teens and twenty- and thirty-somethings has grown to 75 million users, making it one of the Internet’s most popular Websites.
2.Right Back, LinkedIn
Business network designed to help professionals find jobs, people, and services providers. The company has grown to reach more than 17 million users nationwide since its inception in 2003.
3.Centre Back, Friendster
The first social networking site. Launched in 2002 by Jonathan Abrams, members are typically teenagers or young adults in their 20s, depending on the country they live in. By 2007, the majority of Friendster users were from Southeast Asia.
4.Centre Back, Orkut
Launched in early 2004, Orkut was originally an invitation-only site, but was later opened to the general public. Membership exceeded 40 million users within two years. Orkut members list and rate their friends; for example, “Best Friends,” “Acquaintances,” etc.
5.Left Back, LiveJournal
LiveJournal (often abbreviated LJ) is a virtual community where Internet users can keep a blog, journal, or diary.
6.Right Midfield, Xanga
Xanga allows users to create blogs, communicate with other members, send emails and post pictures. Members’ sites can also be customised.
7.Centre Midfield, Bebo
With about 40 million users, Bebo sets itself apart by offering ways to customise personal pages with video and animation and by showing Internet soap operas, such as KateModern. It also allows advertisers to promote brands through both traditional banner ads and more cutting-edge streaming video. Our star midfielder has recently changed agents.
8.Centre Midfield, Classmates.com
Classmates.com is a social network service created in 1995 by Randy Conrads who founded Classmates Online, the website helps members find, connect and keep in touch with friends and acquaintances from throughout their lives.
9.Right Midfield, Reunion.com
Reunion.com operates a Website through which people can contact past co-workers, friends, and family members. The company has some 30 million registered users total.
10.Centre Forward, FaceBook
An online social networking directory that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet.
11.Centre Forward, hi5
hi5 is a social network where users create an online profile in order to show information such as interests, age and hometown and upload user pictures where users can post comments. hi5 also allows the user to create personal photo albums and set up a music player in the profile.
Pete Cashmore, a new media expert, who is the founder and writer at Mashable, a social network blog which is amongst the top 100 blogs in the world.
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